A 31-year-old software engineer was allegedly beaten to death by his wife’s family. NEW DELHI: ‘It’s a calculated conspiracy’, ‘they crushed his lungs’, said the family of a 31-year-old software engineer who was allegedly beaten to death by his wife’s relatives in Delhi, claiming that the attack was a pre-planned attempt to kill him.

Vinay Gupta, who worked at Adobe, was allegedly assaulted at his home in Laxmi Park, Nihal Vihar, on Friday following a matrimonial dispute. Police have detained four people in connection with the case.'

It was just a minor matter' Gupta's father, Premch and, said the dispute was minor and that he initially believed the relatives had come to discuss the matter." It was just a minor domestic matter.

There was nothing major about it. They arrived, and I thought, ' Relatives have come; we'll talk.'

I took them upstairs. "" Then my son arrived.

As soon as he did, they all pounced on him... It happened right in front of me.

They even shoved me. I have a fracture in my thumb...

"' Crushed his lungs' Gupta's mother alleged that his wife's family attacked him soon after arriving at the house." There was some minor ongoing dispute that I wasn't even aware of.

"" My husb and came in and said that the relatives have arrived. I tried to offer them water, but they said, ' We don't want your water.'

"" My husb and kept saying, ' Don't raise your hand. Let's talk calmly.'

"" The older brother grabbed my son by the hair and threatened to rip it all out. "" I grabbed a stick to defend him, but it was snatched away by an uncle who had come with them.

They beat my son and left." Gupta's mother also alleged that the security cameras were not working at the time of the assault."

The security cameras happened to be turned off at that exact moment. I don't know if it was the daughter-in-law's plan or if they had plotted it beforeh and.

"" We had absolutely no intention of getting into a fight. Minor domestic squabbles happen all the time, but they came there with a calculated, sinister plan.

"' Calculated conspiracy' Gupta's brother, Pradeep, said he reached the spot after the assault and found his brother in a critical condition." When I went there, I saw that after the scuffle, the young man was lying there in a critical condition.